Died in jail or a lockup
John Doxey
John Doxey was held in the jail at Holly Springs, Mississippi. According to a newspaper report published in November 1885, a mob of armed men took him from the jail and hanged him about a mile north of town. The mob's killing of him was reported as a lynching carried out by armed men who entered the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a mob of armed men took John Doxey from the Holly Springs jail and hanged him one mile north of town.
Reported by: newspaper report.